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kalan, Agam, 2 and 13 Kotas (sub-district Soepajang), Tanah 

 Datar, Batipoe, and X Kotas. In some localities the young leaves, 

 which came out after the first attack, were again affected. In 

 other places, however, they remained healthy. There has been no 

 case known of a third attack in Sumatra. It seems that the dis- 

 ease has not as yet done much damage to the crop. This is prob- 

 ably because the berries were scarcely ripe when the disease ap- 

 peared for the first time. In Sumatra also it has been proved 

 that high cultivation, manure, etc., have a salutary influence on 

 the course of the disease. The news which is now received from 

 all parts is very reassuring. However, it is possible that the fun- 

 gus still exists in the coffee-trees, and that at some future time it 

 may develop again from some causes as yet unknown to us." 



Mr. Scheffer also calls attention to another disease, called the 

 coffee-root disease, which appears on the roots, and is apparently 

 the work of an insect. Its work has assumed a serious character 

 in the Mandheling and Ankola districts, and also in central Java. 

 It is fatal to the trees. 



In the year 1852 the government inaugurated quarterly auc- 

 tions, which have been regularly held since that date. The fol- 

 lowing is the government statement of the Sumatra crop from 

 1852 to 1879. 



The exports of Padang coffee from 1858 to 1880, as reported 

 by Messrs. Dummler & Co., were as follows : 



